#C738C4#C738C4

#C738C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.233 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C738C4
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 1.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 70.91, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 83.16, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1992 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.233 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9308, 18.9586, 54.0334)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C738C4 #38C73B

analogous

#8338C7 #C738C4 #C7387C

triadic

#C738C4 #C4C738 #38C4C7

tetradic

#C738C4 #C78338 #38C73B #387CC7

square

#C738C4 #C78338 #38C73B #387CC7

split-complementary

#C738C4 #7CC738 #38C783

monochromatic

#671D66 #972B95 #C738C4 #D468D2 #E298E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C738C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C738C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738C4

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C738C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C738C4	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c738c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.233 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7dd6',
    500: '#c738c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c738c4;
$custom-light: #dc7dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c738c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.259,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60511,
    "c": 0.23261,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C738C4

secondary

#8DCD8F

accent

#DF4C48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C738C4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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